Friday Morning Briefing

Reuters Staff

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President Trump describes a “calm before the storm”, the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize winner is announced and Britain’s Prime Minister faces a plot to topple her.

A mahout (an elephant keeper) walks with an elephant during a daily swim in a River at Pinnawal elephant orphanage near Pinnawala village in Rambukkana, Sri Lanka October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

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“You guys know what this represents?” President Trump said after journalists gathered in the White House state dining room to photograph him and first lady Melania Trump with the uniformed military leaders and their spouses. “Maybe it’s the calm before the storm,” he said. What storm? “You’ll find out,” Trump told questioning reporters.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee, warning of a rising risk of nuclear war, awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to a little-known international campaign group advocating for a ban on nuclear weapons.

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Action sports performer Travis Pastrana somersaults on his motorbike as he jumps between two barges on the River Thames with the O2 Arena sports venue seen behind, in London, Britain, October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Wall Street’s top regulator, has discovered a vulnerability in its corporate filing database that could cause the system to collapse, according to an internal document seen by Reuters. here

World stocks fell for the first time in eight days on Friday, as jitters about Catalonia’s push to separate from Spain returned to Europe and bets on higher U.S. interest rates sent the dollar to its highest since mid August. here

Hurricanes Harvey, Irma expected to dim U.S. jobs growth in short term here

Exclusive: Japanese carmaker Toyota intends to build its next generation Auris car at its British car plant on the assumption that the government will secure a transitional Brexit deal, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.